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very sparingly ringed with dusky black. The ear bas iiiternally a 

 long tuft of hairs of the šame colour \vith those of the wlii»kers. 

 The outer side of the hinder limbs, the hands exce))ted, is yel- 

 lowish orizzied with black, tbeir colour being interniediate in in- 

 tensity betNveen the lightest portion of the sides and the v\hiskers. 

 The under surface of the body, the insides of the limbs, and the 

 under surface of the proximal two-thirds of the tai), are reddish 

 yellove. 



In colouring, this species difFers remarkably from every known 

 Monlicy. 



The specimen is vvithout a skull. 



A specimen was exhibited of the black Lemur, Lemur niger, 

 Geoff., vvhich had recently been added to the Society's Menagerie. 

 In calling the attention of the Society to it, Mr. Bennett stated bis 

 belief that tbis was the first individual of the species ivhich had 

 fallen under the observation of zoologist* since the days of Edvvards, 

 its original describer, vvho saw and figured one which was living in 

 1755 in the possession ofa surgeon in London. The description 

 and figure giveii by Edwards have consequently been hitherto the 

 only proofs of the existence of such an animal. 



Mr. Bennett added that the black Lemiir is the type oftbeZ,ewiMr 

 Macaco, Linn. ; and that the Vari, to which the name of Letn. Ma- 

 caco has been applied by modern authors, is given by Linnaeus as 

 the Var. d. of that species. Custom having, hovvever, transferred 

 the specific name to the variety, he deenied it better to acquiesce 

 in the use which has obtained, leaving to the Vari the name of 

 Lem. Macaco, and to the black Lemur that of l.em. niger. 



Specimens were exhibited of various Manimalin, Birds, and Rep- 

 tiles, from the continent of India, which had been recently presented 

 to the Society by Thomas Heath, Esq. Mr. Beniiett observed on 

 the sevcral objects, pointing out especially the more interesting 

 among them. They included an individual apparently referrible to 

 the Semnopitheciis cucullatus, Isid. Geoff. St.-Hil., although darker 

 in all its markings tban is indicated in the description given by the 

 original ubserver of the species. They also included a species of 

 Felis, ofa size intermediate between tbe larger and the smaller ani- 

 mals of that genus, and having in its grey colour and longitudinal 

 striping a general external resemblance to some of the Viverrce. 

 This Mr. Bennett regarded as nevv to science, and proposed to de- 

 signate it 



Felis vjverrinijs. Fel. Julvo-cinereus, stibiiis albescens ; capite, 

 nuchd, dorso, genis, guluįue nigro viltatis; lateribus, ventre, pedi- 

 busque nigro maculatis. 



'Ltong.corporis cum capite, 33 unc; caud<e mutilae, 7; auriculce, 1-J-. 



The prevailing colour of the upper surface is a rather deep yellovv- 

 ish grey, the separate hairs being dusky at the base, yellowish in the 

 middle, and having short black tips. The black lines and spots are 

 formed of hairs destitute ofyellow, and having the black tips of much 



